April 1 5PM Poet/Memoirist Richard Hoffman

Writing, Literature & Publishing Faculty
Richard Hoffman
Writer-in-Residence (2001)
B.A., Fordham University; M.F.A., Goddard College
http://www.abbington.com/hoffman

April 1, 2008: My guest will be Richard Hoffman

Richard Hoffman is author of Half the House: a Memoir, and the poetry collections, Without Paradise and Gold Star Road, winner of the Barrow Street Press Poetry Prize. His work, both verse and prose, has appeared in Agni, Ascent, Harvard Review, Hudson Review, Poetry, Witness and other magazines. He has been awarded several fellowships and prizes, most recently a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in fiction, and The Literary Review's Charles Angoff Prize for the essay.

March 25--Poet Ed Meek

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March 25 5PM Poet Ed Meek. Somerville poet Ed Meek has had a long, and varied career. He has worked as a wine steward at Locke-Ober's in the 1970's, and has taught English in Tehran, Iran, Curry College, community colleges, and high schools throughout the region. His work has appeared in the Paris Review, Cream City, Yankee, Ibbetson Street, and others. His latest poetry collection is "What We Love." ( Blue Light Press)